R- THE DON Quotes

... there was an honesty inherent in bulkiness if it is just the right amount.

Donald Trump is still hitting all the same notes. He's making the sale. We're hearing from his aides at every event.

I would rather go to Baghdad than go to a professional basketball game.

My heart hath followed all my days Something I cannot name.

Alcoholism, tobacco, drunk driving, these things will always be with us. There's always going to be a certain percentage of any population that is addicted to certain substances.

A shrewd person would one day start a religion based on coincidence, if he hasn't already, and make a million.

Simple is the only way I can write.

The land of opportunity spawned a whole new breed of men without souls.

it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty

Every time the light turns green, stay in the thick of competition.

I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books like this inspire kids to write, or even read a whole book, I think it's good.

In the American soul there is a lonely individual standing in a vast landscape.

I've never been a part of a film before that offers such a platform into real issues, that raises social awareness and has the potential to change things.

It was only when I found myself writing things I didn't realise I knew that I said, 'I'm a writer now.'

If you want to thank me, go do something for somebody else

Joe Lieberman may be Moses on the stump, but when it comes to policies and votes, he boogies with the Golden Calf.

Man O' War was a great racehorse, but if I put a extra 20 pounds on him they would say I was cruel to the animal. So don't ask me to do that to Chavez.

In England, where I come from, fashion and music go hand in hand. They're integral to each other.

Why are homosexuals addicted to soap opera? Because our lives are a vivid situation.

I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus.

Fighting a cold, but I'm powering through. As they say, there's nothing better for a cold than doing interviews all day.

A mystery novel localizes the awesome force of the real death outside the book, winds it tightly in a plot.

Some people are saying, Justin Bieber is racist. Is he? I dont know.

We have to make you think it's an important seat - because you're in it.

I think there's always a lesson you can learn from any situation.

Sometimes a week might go by when I don't think about the (perfect) game, but I don't remember when it happened last.

When your head is firmly in the sand, another part of your anatomy is fully exposed.

Don't you ever touch me. Don't ever touch me. The last guy who touched me ended up on the ground dead.

In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending.

I've always felt that my subject was living in dangerous times.

What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat.

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

I am very unmusical. I can't carry a tune. I would never be able to play an instrument.

The genius of rock music is that it matched the cultural hysteria around it.

When you can count your money, you ai'nt got none.

What terrorists gain, novelists lose.

The language of my books has shaped me as a man.

We live in an age of rapid mass media, television, Internet. They determine our tempo, not books.

If you can steal from your competition, then they deserve to lose it. If someone steals from you, then shame on you....you deserve it. Same goes for employees too.

I don't know of any artist who started off in the 50's who's making it now with new material.

holes are interesting. there are books about holes.

Gaining a victory is more difficult than maintaining it once you have it.

[T]he Christian is unable to sin and not care ... They may sin, but they cannot do so comfortably and continually. They are very much aware of their wrong actions, and they are very miserable.

Listen to other people tell their story, but don't believe them. You know that it's just a story that is only true for them, but listen because the communication can be wonderful.

I learned that what happened to me did not have to define who I was. My past could not control my future unless I allowed it to.

Storytelling wasn't about making things up. It was more like inviting the stories to come through her, let themselves be told.

When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime.

I'm not big on regret - until time travel actually exists, it seems like a waste of making yourself feel bad

The world was full of dangers now that she was pregnant: mercury in tuna, hot tubs, beer, secondhand smoke, over-the-counter medicine. Not to mention crazy baby-abducting fairy kings.

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.